You may want to sand your 2X4 pieces first. Or, just cut them straighter than I did. You decide.

Embellish as desired. For the gingham looking one, I cut pieces of scrapbook paper the same size as the sides of my 2X4 and Mod Podged them on.

I just painted the red one with acrylic craft paint.

I applied a red paper C that I cut with my Silhouette to the gingham one and a silver vinyl C (also cut with my Silhouette) to the red one. You absolutely do not need a Silhouette to make these, mine’s just made me lazy. You could trace and cut by hand or print or paint or leave letters off completely. I think these have some hilariously awesome potential with family members’ faces on them.

I sanded the edges and used stain on one (gingham) and Ralph Lauren glaze on the other (red).

Using a straight edge, make lines connecting the corners of both pieces. This will give you the center/location of your pilot holes. Because my children have stolen all the rulers, I used a paint stick.

Drill all the way through the board for the bottom piece and an inch or so into the board for the top piece.

Drill another pilot hole on the center front. This picture shows the boards already assembled because I forgot to drill the hole for the hook the first time around.

Put your screw all the way through the bottom board, so it sticks out just a little.

Line up the screw with the hole in the top piece and finish driving the screw in. You’ll want to sink the head of the screw in just a little so that the boards will lay flat on your mantel, like this:

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I think even I can do this. What a cool idea. And our old stocking holders spelled "PEACE" (when we had five family members) and were this horrific brassy gold (purchased when I had lost my senses?), so this will look so much better.

Oh Char! How did I miss these? I need some of these badly. I have included these in a feature of 2×4 stocking stuffers. I would have featured these long ago if I would have been on the computer over Thanksgiving! These rock!

These are so cute, but I'm always curious as to how you keep them from just falling right off when the stockings are filled? Are the pieces of wood that heavy?? I'd love to know, cause I've also been wanting some stocking holders but don't want to pay the outrageous prices!

I am not thrilled with the stocking holders that we have. The only thing I liked about them was I could fill the stockingss and theey stayed. I for sure am doing these soon for next year Christmas!!! Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!!!BrookeGirl Boy Girl Inspired

These are fantastic. Yes, I’m also wondering how to weight it down so it won’t fall over with a heavy stocking. I guess filled stockings could just sit on the floor. I am going to try this project, for sure! Thanks!

My husband and I made some of these but made the base from a 2 x 8 instead of a 2 x 4 so the base measures 8″ front to back. I filled the stocking with heavy objects (just to see how much it could hold without tipping) and had no problem at all with it tipping over. This may be a problem if you’re putting it on a window sill as the window sill may not be deep enough, but for my mantle it wasn’t a problem at all. Hopes this helps…Merry Christmas Everyone!

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